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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-C00E58
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester-derivative (double-pierced lug) brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.
The wings are of C-shaped section and have plain upper surfaces. A short length of the axis bar and external chord survive, contained within perforated lugs at the centre of the head's underside. Part of the flat-sectioned pin remains, as does a coil of the spring, attached to the axis bar, which occupies the perforation in the lower lug. A V-shaped notch separates these lugs from a flat-topped ridge which extends down the bow, as far as the break, and is flanked by a pair of parallel grooves.
Length: 21.5mm; maximum width: 17.9mm. Weight: 3.51g.
Class: Colchester-derivative (double-pierced lug)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 17.9 mm
Weight: 3.51 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/31 - 24
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